Winch and cable systems
The book is a civil engineering handbook on winch and cable systems. The handbook may be used as textbook for university studies in civil engineering and forestry and as the basis for studies in schools on a technical level. It should be a useful reference book for construction engineers, civil engi...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1985, 1985
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1985 |
| Series: | Forestry Sciences
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- List of symbols
- 1.0. The history of rope transportation
- 2.0. The factor of safety and lifetime of wire ropes
- 3.0. The winch and the wire rope
- 4.0. Resistance from the load
- 5.0. Main, haul-back and hoist lines
- 6.0. Anchors, spars and intermediate supports
- 7.0 Lines in long span
- 8.0 The yarding crew
- 9.0. The function of cable systems
- 10.0. Cable ways as access roads
- 11.0. Cable cranes as feeder roads
- 12.0. The rig up work of cable cranes
- 13.0. Balloon logging
- 14.0. The dimensions, productivity and some economic aspects of cable crane yarding
- Litterature